Alas, Dear Internet, I’m muddled up today with caring for a poor sick bebe and doing job-work at the same time. So I’ve again put aside my ten bones for VillageReach, because $20 is, quite literally, twice as good as $10. If you were looking for a couple of minutes to pass the time, you [...]
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Big day today! First gift! I need trumpets! I need fanfare! I need twelve drummers drumming!
Remember the number pi from geometry? I love pi. It has that cute little shape, horizontal squiggle on two legs. And it reminds me of pie. Which in turn reminds me of cake. And cookies. And ice cream. What isn’t to love? The clever thing about this number is there are two very different answers [...]
Charity Navigator reports there’s over a million charities in America. Almost every other country also has its own NGOs (non-governmental organizations) which can also number in the millions, not to mention the 40,000 some international organizations. I’ve carefully summed all of these options up, adding just a tiny bit of leeway for organizations under the [...]
The how of giving, the transactional bit, is pretty straightforward, right? I write a check to the charity. I hand over a bill to the guy on the street. The End. The only problem is, if it’s so straightforward, why does it take so much effort for me to Actually Do it?
Happily for the Boggled Mind, this answer to the question of what to give is nearly, nearly always the same: Cash. Cat owners all have a tale of their feline friend proudly bestowing on the front stoop a dear gift for their beloved owner, an object skillfully obtained and proffered with all the grace and [...]
You’d think that giving would be pretty straightforward. I’ve got the cash + you’ve got the need + I give it to you = Problem Solved! Yay! Alas, for an effort that is already difficult enough to Actually Do (for me, anyway), giving can be extraordinarily messy. This disappoints the analytical side of my brain, [...]
So! 40 Days of Giving! What kind of gimmick is that? Let’s start with the 40 days bit. If it sounds vaguely Biblical, you win! Jesus bummed around the desert for 40 days, purifying himself spiritually, before his crucifixion. Catholic folks remember and reenact this purification by giving something up during the 40 days before [...]
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